Dale Schultheis:
CLASS OF 1973
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High SchoolClass of 1973
Bethesda, MD
Kensington Junior High SchoolClass of 1970
Kensington, MD
North Chevy Chase Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Chevy chase, MD
Dale's Story
Life
Being a long time computer expert (not)(remember Mr. Brunner's computer club?)I saw thius web site and decided to give it a go.
Life works in funny ways, but I ended up with an aviation career as I suppose it was meant to be.
For the first 10 years after college I worked as an Air Traffic Controller, first in the Air Force, then in civillian life. It was during my time in the USAF that I earned my Commercial Pilot license.
When controlling got boring I decided to give flying a try. First it was instructing, then many long hours flying commuter airlines in the cold and frigid NE corridor, before hitting the "big league" with a major carrier. The only problem out of the 3 choices I had at the time, I chose the now defunct Eastern Airlines, in part because I wanted to fly out of DCA. I did get my wish and was based in DC for a short time in 1988. In any case, before we went bust, I was fortunate enough to have been trained to fly the B-727, which is th...Expand for more
e airplane I still fly today, 15 years later. After flying contract jobs virtually worldwide, I ended up in my present position, which is Captain of a personal VIP configured B-727 based in Malaga, Spain. My boss is a very wealthy gentleman from Saudi Arabia, and we take him anywhere in the world he wants to go. It's a great job, but in 2000 I spent 288 nights on the road. (The Marriott points really add up quickly at that rate)
On the personal side, I am married to a wonderful woman, Ilze, from Latvia. We have 2 beautiful little boys, Tomas (9/98), and Kristofer, (12/00).
Ilze used to be able to travel with me everywhere, but when Tomas arrived, that put an end to that.
This site seems to be trying really hard to make it easy to catch up with old friends.
Our permanent home is in Naples, Florida. I would love to hear from any old classmates who feel like getting in touch. Hopefully there'll be a 30th yr reunion, and I'll be able to make it this time.
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